Tin-plate-piling apparatus



Dec. 15 1925..

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UNITED STATES PATENT?" ormcs.

STANLEY C. WISE, OF CANONSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR T CONTINENTAL CAN COMIANY, INC., OF SYRACUSE, NEW YORK, A CORPORATION OF NEW YORK.

TIN-PLATE-PILING APIPARATUS.

Application filed May 26, 1924. Serial No. 715,960.

'1 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY C. WISE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Canonsburg, in the county of \Vashington, State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tin-Plate- Piling Apparatus, of which the following is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing, and to the figures of reference marked thereon.

The invention relates to new and useful improvements in an apparatus for piling plates of sheet metal, and more particularly to an apparatus which is 'capable of receiving the sheets of tin as they come from the cleaning machine used in connection with the coating of sheets and the stacking of the same in an even pile on the skid.

Black sheets or sheets of steel after being properly prepared are coated with tin, and thus tin plate is formed. After the sheets are coated, they must be cleaned in order to remove the oil or grease therefrom which is used in the coating process. This is usually done by means of a cleaning machine such as shown in the patent granted to J. C. Taliaferro and C. M. Reynard, September 16, 1902, No. 709,184. It has been customary in connection with this machine to allow the sheets as they come one after another from the cleaning machine to pile up promiscuously in the receiving receptacle from which they are taken by hand to a bench where they are stacked in even piles.

The present invention has for its object to receive the sheets asthey come from this cleaning machine one after the other, and to pile these sheets in even stacks on skids be bodily lifted so that the piled sheets may be taken to the proper place for final inspection and crating.

In the drawings- Figure 1 is a perspective view showing the apparatus embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view through a portion of the apparatus and showing diagrammatically the sheets passing from the inclined tableto the stack.

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3- 3 of Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention. 1 have rovided an apparatus which includes a supporting framework on which is mounted a table adapted to be moved from one inclined direction of travel of the sheet as it comes from the cleaning machine, and is of sufficient extent as to cause the sheets to slide off from the inclined table. -The sheet which falls on the inclined table will slide off from the said table before the next sheet reaches the table. So it is that the sheets will betaken, one after another, and directed by the inclined table into a stacking device. At one side of the frame carrying the inclined table is a skid on which are mountel side plates and an end plate for forming a stack of sheets. There is also attached to the table frame a plate for directing the sheets as they are stacked and thus evening up the other end of the sheets. The sheets received one sheets may be stacked automatically in )iles and withoutin any way stopping the c eaning machine.

The cleaning machine is so well known to those skilled in the art that I have not thought it necessary to illustrate it more than the delivery end thereof, which is shown at C in Figure 1 of the drawings. As the sheets pass out from the end of the cleaning machine, they have heretofore been received promiscuously on the table and taken by hand and stacked on skids or conveyors. Accordin to my improved apparatus, however, I have provided a supporting frame 1 consisting of suitable frame members, which is adapted to be placed at the deiivery end of the cleaning machine.

Mounted on said frame 1 is a receiving table 2. Said receiving table 2 is preferably made up of a series of boards 3, 3 connected by cross pieces 4, 4 (see Fig. 4). Located midway the sides of this table is a pivot rod 6 which is secured to the table by suitablev brackets 7 This pivot rod extends beyond the side edges of the table. Mounted on the frame 1-'is a bracket 8 which is secured to the upper edge of the frame. This bracket is deflected upwardly at the center portion thereof where there is provided a journal for the pivot rod 6. It will be understood, of course, that there is a bracket 8 at each side of the frame, and the purpose of defiectin the bracket upwardly centrally theme is, to raise the pivot rod so that the table can be set at an inclination sufficient for the purpose of sliding the sheets, The table is preferably covered by metal members 9. These metal members 9 are provided with downwardl and inwardly turned side edges 10 which are adapted to extend about the edge of the table (see Fig. 2). The metal forming this covering for the table is turned upwardly so as to provide a wall 11 which may be suitably reinforced, if desired. There is also a member 9 similarly constructed which likewise engages the side edge of the table, and these two members are telescoped one within the other, as clearly. shown in Figure 1 of the drawings. The members, therefore, may be readily slid one on the other so as to regulate the distance between the upstanding walls 11 and 11 of the two members. These are adjusted according to the-size of the sheets being cleaned, so as to leave ample space for the receiving of the sheets one after another, but ermitting the free sliding of the sheets off from the table. The table is set at a proper inclination for receiving and sliding the sheets by means of a lever 12 which is pivoted at 13 to the table and is adapted to engage a locking lug 14 carried by the frame I. Said lever has notches 15 adapted to engage the lug, and a handle 16 by which the lever may be manipulated. hen the table is set as shown in Figure 1,

the sheets received thereon will slide off from the table at the right hand side thereof. If the lever should be swung so as to tilt the table in the op osite direction, then the sheets will slide 0 from the left hand side of the table. 7

Associated with this table at each side thereof is a receiving skid and stacking members. When the table is set as in Figure 1, the skid 17 is operative to receive the sheets as they slide from the table. In order to stack the sheets one on tlie other evenly and thus form an even pile, I have provided an end member 18 and two side members 19 and 20, arranged at opposite sides of the skid. I have also provided an end member 21 which is pivoted at 22 to the frame 1 and is supported thereby. The end member 21 is in the form of a right angle in cross section, with the short leg of the right angle hinged to the frame. The long leg is vertical and located over the inner side of the skid 17, so that said vertical portion of the end member 21 .will determine and form that side of the piled sheets. The member 20 is made of metal and may be reinforced in any suitable way. Said reinforced sheet is secured to angle brackets 23 and 24. -These brackets are adapted to be mounted on removable lugs 25 which may be detachablyhin ed to the skid, and which project outwar ly from the side edge thereof. The bracket is adjustably secured to the supporting lug by means of a bolt 26 which passes through a slot 27 in the bracket. The bracket 24 is similarly secured to a supporting lug, and this is likewise true of the brackets for supporting the side member 19. The end member 18 is connected to similar brackets 23 which are secured to lugs 25 similar in construction to the lugs 25, by means of bolts 26. The purpose is to provide a supporting means for these side and end members so that they may be adjusted and held rigidly in vertical position. A suitable pad or the like may be attached to the end member 18 so that the sheets as they slide ofi' from the table, will strike end wise against the pad and will drop on to the skid. The plates 9 and 9 are properly set so as to direct the sheet between the side members 19 and 20.

In Figure 2 of the drawings, I .have

shown a sheet S as received by the table 2 and sliding off the table. Said sheet passes over the upper edge of the end plate 21 and in between the side plates 19 and 20 as indicated in dotted lines at S. It will strike against the end plate 18 as indicated by the dotted line S and then will fall on to the stack which is indicated at S After the stack has been piled a suitable height, then the operator reverses the inclination of the table 2 and the sheets will slide therefrom on to the skid 17 at the other side of the frame 1, and the sheets will be piled between the side plates 19 and 20 carried by the skid 17. The end plate 18" will direct the sheets as the Y are piled. -The end member 21 as stated above, is pivoted to the frame, and said end member is provided with an angle bracket 28. A brace member 29 is pivoted to this angle bracket 28and is provided with a notch or recess 30 whichis adapted to engage the vertical wall of an angle plate 31 secured to and located centrally of the base portion of the frame 1. This brace rod holds the wall 21 in fixed position during the piling of the sheets. The brace rod, however, may be disconnected from the angle bar so that same.

The side members are provided with angularly arranged portions 32, to permit the adjustment of the side members and to aid in the directing of the sheets between the same. These angularly arranged members also stiffen the side members. The end member 18 is likewise provided with these angularly arranged portions 32. The

upper edges of these side and end plates may be rolled, if desired, to strengthen the The edges of these side plates and the means for supporting said plates may be varied greatly. The essential feature consists in the providing of adjustable stacking platesin conjunction with the supporting skid, which plates may be removed and associated with another skid for forming another stack, while the stacking plates on the skid are,removed by the conveying of theskid itself with the stacked sheets to the desired place.

Of course, it is obvious that minor changes in the arrangment of the parts may be made without departing from the spirit of the invention as set ,forth in the .appended claims.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sheet piling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning machine comprising a receiving table on to which the sheets are discharged in succession from the cleaning machine, a piling skid at each side of the table, means the sheets received thereby will slide either to one side or the other on to a piling skid, and means associated with each piling skid for evenly piling the sheets thereon.

2. A sheet piling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning machine comprising a receiving table on towhich the sheets are discharged in suecession from the cleaning machine, a piling skid at each side of the table, means for inclining the table so that the sheets received thereby will slide either to one side or the other on to a piling skid, and means associated with each piling skid for evenly piling the sheets thereon, said piling means associated with the skids being removable and adjustable so that said piling means is adapted to be used with different size sheets and may be removed from the skid and applied to another piling skid.

3; A sheet piling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning machine comprising a supporting frame, a receiving table pivotally mounted in said frame, means for adjustably holding said table in an inclined position so as .to discharge the sheets either at one side or the for inclining the table so that .said table having metal other of said frame, a piling skid at each side of the frame adapted to receive the sheets from the receiving table, and means I associated with each skid for forming an even pile of sheets thereon.

4. A sheet piling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning mac ine comprising an inclined re-' ceiving table for receiving the sheets from the cleaning machine and discharging the same one at a time therefrom, a piling skid associated with the receiving table, and

means associated with the piling skid for evenly piling the sheets thereon, said lastnamed means being adjustable and removable so that sheets of different sizes may be piled and so that when a pile has been formed upon one skid, the skid may be re placed by another and the piling means attached thereto.

,5. A sheet iling apparatus cleaning maciiine comprising an inclined receiving table located at the discharge end of the cleaning machine and inclining in a direction to one side of the cleaning machine whereby sheets of tin received from the cleaning machine will be discharged one at a time sidewise from thereceiving table, and means for receivi V and piling the sheets discharged from he receiving table.

6. A sheet plling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning machine comprising an inclined receiving table located at the discharge endof the cleanlng machine and inclining in a direction to one side of the cleaning machine whereby sheets of tin received from the cleaning machine will be discharged one at a time sidewise from the receiving table, means for receiving and piling the sheets discharged from the receiving table, said receiving table having a metal cover including adjustable sections and guiding ledges so that the piling apparatus may be adapted for sheets of difierentsizes.

7. A sheet piling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning machine comprising a supporting frame, a receiving table mounted thereon and inclining toward one side of the frame, said table having metal sections with ledges which are adjustable one upon the other so as to be set for different width sheets, a skid associated with the frame and spaced therefrom so that the sheets sliding from the receiving table will pile one upon the other on the skid, said plates being removably and adjustably carried by the skid for evening the pile of sheets, and an end plate alsoremovable and adjustably carried by the skid for evening the end of the pile.

8. A sheet iling apparatus for a tin plate cleaning mac ine comprising a supporting frame, a receiving table mounted thereon and incl ning t ward one side of the frame, sections with ledges which are adjustable one upon the other so as to be set for different width sheets,

for atin plate' a skid associated with the frame and spaced therefrom so that the sheets sliding from the receiving table will pile one upon the other on the skid, said plates being removably and adjustably carried by the skid for evening the pile of sheets, and an end plate also removable and adjustably carried by the skid for evening the end of the pile, an

end plate hinged to the frame for evening the opposite end of the pile, and a brace rod for rigidly holding said last-named end plate in said position for piling.

In testimony whereof, I affix my signature.

STANLEY C. WISE. 

